Boyce Watkins went to college with me. We used to get into damn near screaming fights at K-Lair. I had a friend who ran for SGA office, and one night while we were all out plastering posters on campus, Boyce and I had a huge argument because I was the only white person out there and I was an easy mark.

We were about as different politically as you can be. I had no idea he'd actually made a living off this. Holy crap.

Boyce Watkins went to college with me. We used to get into damn near screaming fights at K-Lair. I had a friend who ran for SGA office, and one night while we were all out plastering posters on campus, Boyce and I had a huge argument because I was the only white person out there and I was an easy mark.

We were about as different politically as you can be. I had no idea he'd actually made a living off this. Holy crap.

I don't think he's a scumbag. Really, I don't. I think I did in college. But he's highly intelligent, and I think he's just very much into ... hell, I don't know how to say it. But he's not willing to take the politically correct position just to take it. And he's willing to fight, especially if the person being wronged is black.

Again, take this with a grain of salt because I haven't seen the guy in about 10 years.

I don't see much of a libel case there...after all that's been said about the defendants, calling them 'rowdy, disrespectful, and thuggish' seems pretty tame. Did they abuse any women of color? What's your definition of abuse, maybe they did on some way. Is there anything in this column that shows reckless disregard for the truth? Will they suffer any damages as a result? Not likely.

A good point by HejiraHenry, who accurately states these people were never brought to trial. Therefore, they weren't acquitted. They weren't found "not guilty" by a jury. They were cleared before the jury pool was even assembled. I wonder if the implication that a trial was conducted is also problematic for the author. I do know this: If I wrote that people had been brought to trial when, in fact, they had been exculpated before a jury was empaneled, I'd have some explaining to do. But then again, I work for a legitimate source of journalism. Thoughts?